MISSIONS AMALGAMATED.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 50, 28 February 1923, Page 9

MISSIONS AMALGAMATED.

HOME AND MAORI. IQ 4VQJD OVERLAPPING. IBf TslSBTSph.-—l'ress Association.! DUNEDIN, Tuesday. !fW Mttbodilt Conference resumed thin iftwnoon. The present reported Jilviflß feeeived a cheque for £100, to be dirided equally between the foreign and -one mission funds. S«H)#{g the debate upon home inis(jon administration, the Rev. S. Lawry amalgamation of the two pfSces pj Maori and home missions, but with twe secretaries, thus co-ordinating 4« work.

Tbe Dr. Laws, urged the ftflMrviltion of the spiritual interests of the home mission work. He coutendei} that its efficiency would best be jfeured by continuing the offices as at pKent. The financial charges would jet press more heavily than under the •Iterative proposed. Mr. Henry Field, vice-president of tbe tonftreore., contended that under pre•CP* conditions there was considerable owrlspping. The remedy lay in the Mulgimalion of the offices.

The Bey. E. p, Blaniires emphasised the importancp "of unity of control Which could best be secured by anialgaWting. the offices. Several other Inkers expressed substantially this tieir.

% The Rev. C. B. Jordan argued that tte solution of the difficulty was to bo found in the direction of decentralisatjira rather than of amalgamation. The wman of districts could best see to «Ufl work and leave the director free for organising duties. lie amendment in favour of amalga•WJWS the offices was put and carried. , **J "SV, A. J. Seamer was appointed » w office of general superintendent rp?* m > Sß 'P P s " *-d was accorded the Wu*l thanks of the conference fojj H W?!ees during the year. 'Mr. Seamen, superintendent of the Wlßujiiiens, presented the report on J» WWirtment of the work. This ia-**-?*** Very eons i der a b hs developJ*M Md taken place and encouraging P"flW was being made. The rapid J^jWl' o ' the native race with the r™r*«« population created grave ™!»niO problems for the natives and ,„,;."* '-mission. Mr. Seamer pleaded L"» Warm-hearted co-operation of i.,^'11 Christians in the work of m m the natives. _.! 2?. T -. Geo - Bo "d, treasurer of the S *»«K>n Fund, reported that the uMo» deficiency in financial proton..,**? to bs met hv » n increased gjp of 10 per cent on all the yS_S. ef , the Sunda y Bch ° ol and WitS iT 3 department was pregjbythe secretary, the Rev. E P P. *»•_♦„„ _ 1e statisti <-al returns «13WS„™ here had bee " « n increase *tte_in-? y ~ cho °' scl, °lars, the preKSW.«W«. The work of the l«_te „# l\* in connection with the Werrerf'tn » Voun,? M ethodists was Made, in total of 340 children was "•W.in this order.